Billy Porter

I'm not a person who believes that Broadway is the only place. I think there's lots of work that goes on outside…

— Billy Porter

I had something nobody else could do - I sang in a way that separated me - and, when you're trying to…

— Billy Porter

I always said if I played a drag queen, I'd want to create a template with the realness they talk about in…

— Billy Porter

My truth is I am gay and out, and if I can't do that in my music, then I don't need it.…

— Billy Porter

I was fine being in the closet at the beginning of my career because that's what you were supposed to be -…

— Billy Porter

I'm in love with what a high heel does to a leg: how it makes a woman or a man feel. It's…

— Billy Porter

I love the community of theater. There is something about the camaraderie: People who show up eight times a week to do…

— Billy Porter

For years I tried to put myself in a box, and it frustrated me, so I had to let go and let…

— Billy Porter

Just by the nature of making the choice to be true to who I am, I'm political. Sometimes that's all you need…

— Billy Porter

People don't see me in traditional roles; I'm not getting cast in the revival of 'Company' as Bobby.

— Billy Porter

You can't ever put yourself in a position where someone is requiring you to inhabit somebody else's energy. You have to own…

— Billy Porter

I want to do work that means something to me so that when I go to work at the theater eight times…

— Billy Porter

When you're at the beginning of your career, there are a lot of, "I don't care about this," jobs that you take…

— Billy Porter

For me, life is about being positive and hopeful, choosing to be joyful, choosing to be encouraging, choosing to be empowering.

— Billy Porter

Broadway! Broad-way! I don't aspire to the middle. I aspire to the tip-tip-top of it all.

— Billy Porter

When you grow up in the church, the only translation in that insular world that people understand is preaching. You're supposed to…

— Billy Porter

I'm not one of those actors who gets so taken by a role that I can't live my life. I'm the type…

— Billy Porter

I've worked with a lot of gay and lesbian organizations. I sit on the board of the Empire State Pride Agenda. I've…

— Billy Porter

I would love to be able to turn my recording career into something that is substantial, and where I can go and…

— Billy Porter

I do 'sissy with a heart of gold' really well.

— Billy Porter

I don't in any way disparage any time I've had in the trenches because it really has made me the artist I…

— Billy Porter

When I was younger, I did what I now call 'extreme singing.' I could do this thing where I would sing really…

— Billy Porter

When you're doing what you love, it's not exhausting at all, actually. It's completely empowering and exhilarating.

— Billy Porter

For me, I really feel like if there's not a real, true connection to the material, I don't need to sing it.…

— Billy Porter

When who you are naturally is not only considered a sin, but you're reviled for being that human being and you don't…

— Billy Porter